Harold George Albiston (13 April 1916 – 18 January 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Albiston, a recruit from Kew in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, made just one senior appearance for Collingwood, in the 1935 VFL season.[2][3] He was cleared to Hawthorn in 1936, where he played with his younger brother Alec Albiston, who also debuted that year.[4] Harold played in the final six rounds of the season, then didn't lose his spot in the team until 1940 (when he enlisted in the army), playing 60 consecutive games.[3][5] Another brother, Ken Albiston, played for Richmond and Melbourne after the war.[2]
He was also a district cricketer, for Hawthorn-East Melbourne and Collingwood.[6]
Harold's son, David Albiston, played 61 league games for Hawthorn, including the 1963 VFL Grand Final.[2]
References
- ↑"World War Two Nominal Roll". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- 123Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- 12"Harold Albiston". AFL Tables.
- ↑"Richmond Keeps Seven New Men". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 29 April 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 6 February 2014– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑"These Prominent Men Have Joined The Colours". The Argus. 29 June 1940. p. 11 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑"A-C – Victorian Premier Cricket – Cricket Victoria"(PDF). Cricket Victoria. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014. (PDF)
- 1916 births
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Jugadores del Hawthorn Football Club
- Jugadores del Kew Football Club
- Muertes en 1990
- Personal del ejército australiano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
- Oficiales del ejército australiano
- Jugadores de fútbol australiano de Warrnambool
- Deportistas australianos del siglo XX
- Biografía de un jugador de fútbol australiano, partida de nacimiento de 1916.